Gamespot

2018-05-23T23:36:00.000000000-07:00
As you might have imagined given that the Xbox logo flashed at the start of Battlefield V's reveal trailer, it looks like Microsoft has the marketing rights to DICE's upcoming shooter.Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg tweeted about the Battlefield V reveal today and noted that EA and DICE are "...

2018-05-23T23:03:00.000000000-07:00
[UPDATE] John Kodera, the PlayStation boss, offered some further details on his initial PlayStation 4 comments in an interview. Translated by video game industry consultant Serkan Toto, Kodera reiterated that the PS4 is in the final stage of its lifecycle. Over the next three years, Sony will tak...

2018-05-23T23:00:00.000000000-07:00
Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen on HBO's Game of Thrones, is apparently finished filming her scenes for the acclaimed show's eighth and final season. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Clarke talked about how her final day was--and she did not hold back in her language."It f**ked me up," she sa...

2018-05-23T20:34:00.000000000-07:00
Grand Theft Auto V is celebrating Memorial Day weekend with features and discounts made to fill your coffers faster in GTA Online. Through May 28, the game is offering double GTA$ and Reputation in special events, and discounts on some popular vehicles.The Double Cash and Rep bonuses apply to Mot...

2018-05-23T19:31:00.000000000-07:00
A new Leisure Suit Larry game is in the works, and it certainly seems to be in keeping with the franchise's tendencies. Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry, as it is officially called, brings Larry to the 21st century to get into all kinds of trouble yet again.The salacious point-and-click ...

2018-05-23T19:09:00.000000000-07:00
[UPDATE] Developer Compulsion Games has now written a blog post in which it said it is frustrated by the news. In getting denied a classification, that means We Happy Few is effectively banned in the country (though of course enterprising gamers will find a way to play it either by importing or o...

2018-05-23T18:30:00.000000000-07:00
Having recently crossed an astonishing 40 million players, Blizzard's hero shooter Overwatch has been one of the most successful multiplayer shooters in recent years. Part of what makes the game so great is Blizzard's ongoing commitment to improving the game and responding to fan feedback about w...

2018-05-23T17:27:00.000000000-07:00
After the amazing gaming year that was 2017, you have to wonder how 2018 will compare. But if 2018's current roster of releases is anything to go by, we might be in for another fantastic year. It seems primed to impress with a slew of hotly anticipated new games, including big-budget games like S...

2018-05-23T17:03:00.000000000-07:00
E3 2018 is fast approaching, so we're expecting tons of big announcements during the marquee briefings from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and others. But before that, we're taking a look back at last year to go over what was announced and determining if each company lived up to its promises. We alrea...

2018-05-23T17:02:00.000000000-07:00
E3 2018 will begin in just a few weeks, and that comes with plenty of announcements and trailers from Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, and more. Before the madness begins, we're looking back at the year to go over everything that was announced at E3 2017 and what's happened since. Did the year live up ...

2018-05-24T11:07:28.000000000+00:00
"The whole concept of playing the game, as I understand, needs collaboration from different people from different parts of the world", Mikkelsen tells Total Film magazine

Sources

Joystiq

2018-05-24T11:23:00.000000000-04:00
One year after revealing plans to port both RuneScape and Old School Runescape to mobile and tablet, developer Jagex has announced that the original RuneScape's PC servers will be going offline permanently. To be clear, that's Runescape Classic -- the 2001 game -- so Old School Runescape servers ...

2018-05-24T08:00:00.000000000-04:00
Detroit: Become Human begins with a warning: "This is not a story, this is our future." Writer-director David Cage's follow-up to Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls weaves a tale about robots attempting to transcend their programming. But rather being a thoughtful, philosophical examination of cons...

2018-05-24T06:30:00.000000000-04:00
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.
Morning there! The end of the PS4 has been greatly exaggerated, but Sony is already planning for it. Don't expect to see the PS5, however, until after 2020. Meanwhile, Apple is offering a tidy $50 of credit for people who replaced their iPhone batteries, and...

2018-05-23T16:49:00.000000000-04:00
Games in the Battlefield franchise have covered conflicts from the Vietnam War to a fictional future in 2142. Developer EA DICE took the series into new territory in 2016 with the well-received Battlefield 1, setting the game in the rarely touched World War I era. For the next installment, Battle...

2018-05-23T16:00:00.000000000-04:00
We got a sneak peek at Ubisoft's gamer-centric virtual assistant this past January, but it was only out in Canada in a sort of soft launch. Now, the helpful chatbot named Sam — part of the Ubisoft Club mobile app — is available to everyone worldwide, but still only in English.
Source...

2018-05-23T15:58:00.000000000-04:00
If you've been turned off by the limited horsepower in Chromebooks so far, Acer's new Spin 13 might be for you. It sports either an Intel Core i3 or Core i5 CPU, something we've only seen in Google's pricey Pixelbook. In a brief hands-on session at Acer's launch event today, the Chromebook Spin 1...

2018-05-23T13:54:00.000000000-04:00
While the PlayStation Vita didn't exactly set the world alight, there still might be a future in portable gaming for Sony. Gaming division head John Kodera said, according to Bloomberg, that Sony is testing mobile gaming efforts, which he believes should be a part of PlayStation's overall strateg...

2018-05-23T13:33:00.000000000-04:00
It wouldn't be an Acer launch event without high-powered gaming PCs in the mix, and this year is no exception. The company is kicking things off with the Predator Helios 500, a 17.3-inch brute of a laptop with up to an overclockable Core i9 chip (with or without speedy Optane memory), overclocka...

2018-05-23T11:12:00.000000000-04:00
Apparently, people really like to spend money on Fortnite even though it's free. On an investor call today, PlayStation head John Kodera was asked about a sudden increase in network sales. This was at the same time as the Fortnite launch on PS4. Kodera confirmed that the timing was not a coincide...

2018-05-23T10:16:00.000000000-04:00
It sounds like EA has big game streaming plans for the future. The gaming giant has acquired GameFly's cloud gaming technology assets and personnel, a move that will (in its own words) "enable the company to continue exploring new ways for players to access and experience games from any device." ...

Sources

Giant Bomb

2018-04-13T09:28:00.000000000-07:00
Back in 2010, it seemed like the book was as good as closed on the God of War franchise. Not due to quality issues (that year’s God of War III and Ghost of Sparta were critically acclaimed), but because it seemed that there was no place else to go. Kratos’ quest for revenge had led him on a rampa...

2018-03-26T20:27:00.000000000-07:00
The setting and ideas of Far Cry 5 have a ton of promise that don't bear much fruit in the final product. There's probably a great story you could tell around a Christian Doomsday Prepper Cult that has you fighting them off as they prepare for the End Times by murdering everyone around them and s...

2018-03-19T10:42:00.000000000-07:00
There has been a Burnout-shaped hole in video gaming for the last 10 years. Other games have attempted to fill bits and pieces of that hole with varying degrees of success. You can see a smidge of Burnout in Split/Second's huge destruction-focused racing. Forza Horizon's open-world collectibles a...

2018-03-05T17:30:00.000000000-08:00
The name on the box attempts to tell you what Metal Gear Survive actually is. That is, it combines elements of Metal Gear with the elements more commonly found in a survival game. The catch is that it doesn't actually take enough of the right Metal Gear stuff to evoke that long-running franchise ...

2017-11-20T14:00:00.000000000-08:00
When Electronic Arts revived the Star Wars: Battlefront name two years ago, it laid the groundwork for what could have been a successful new take on the series. A new trilogy of films was about to hit theaters and enthusiasm for the brand was at its highest in recent memory. Battlefront’s revival...

2017-11-13T20:37:00.000000000-08:00
At first blush, the premise of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle sounds like a twisted kitbash that would spring out of some bad, late-night message board conversation, only to be written off as "too weird." "It'll never happen," they'd say, as they pivot back to pitching their "Mega Man but with W...

2017-11-06T18:00:00.000000000-08:00
Despite the change in era, this still feels like a Call of Duty game.It's been a decade, almost to the day, since Call of Duty rewrote the book on multiplayer first-person shooters with the release of Modern Warfare. The game's fast action and propulsive sense of progression with interesting new ...

2017-10-26T06:00:00.000000000-07:00
At this year’s E3, Nintendo surprised many with a Super Mario Odyssey trailer that seemed insane even by Mario standards. He inhabited frogs by throwing a ghost hat at them. He strolled through a city alongside human figures with realistic proportions. Pauline from Donkey Kong is suddenly back, a...

2017-10-21T09:00:00.000000000-07:00
The best part of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor gets even better in the sequel, Shadow of War. The first game's dynamic "Nemesis" AI system had you fighting against an endless succession of named enemies who taunted you, remembered your exploits, and grew stronger on the backs of their victories ...

2017-10-17T15:06:00.000000000-07:00
After over 15 years of bad South Park games, fans of the show were understandably skeptical when The Stick of Truth was released. We had heard about Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s involvement throughout the development process, but we’d been burned too many times to get optimistic. To the surprise ...

Sources

GameInformer

2018-05-24T17:08:00.000000000+00:00
Hope County's Wendell "Red" Redler was in the s--- in Vietnam, and you can relive some of his adventures in the DLC Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness on June 5 across all platforms.
The DLC is free for season pass and gold edition owners ($11.99 as standalone), and is playable both solo and co-op. Af...

2018-05-24T17:00:00.000000000+00:00
EA and Maxis have announced a new expansion for The Sims 4, appropriately titled The Sims 4 Seasons, launching next month on PC and Mac.
Much like the similarly titled expansion for the previous game, the new update adds seasons to the game with each one having unique traits and features. The Spr...

2018-05-24T16:50:00.000000000+00:00
Hot on the heels of our first major look at Battlefield V, Battlefield 1943 is giving Xbox One players the chance to return to World War II early.
Battlefield 1943 is coming to Xbox One Backward Compatibility today https://t.co/qPMRNs2ZLo pic.twitter.com/4TWMf08Og6
— [ 💬 Larry Hryb ] (@majornel...

2018-05-24T16:27:00.000000000+00:00
Beat Saber, a sort of Guitar Hero-meets-Jedi VR game has captured our attention recently, but YouTuber ragesaq is taking things to a new (and possibly more evil) level.
With the shockingly simple idea of connecting the two controllers – electrical tape or PVC pipe are common suggestions – Beat S...

2018-05-24T15:10:00.000000000+00:00
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is getting a little bigger today on Xbox One. The Miramar map, which has been available on PC since December, is coming to the console version of the game.
The map has a desert theme, with rocky hills, canyons, and towns to navigate – and to hunt down your fellow pl...

2018-05-24T14:38:00.000000000+00:00
Anniversaries tend to sneak up on you, so mark May 31st on your calendar because it's the one-year anniversary of Tekken 7. To celebrate, Bandai Namco is giving away a host of free DLC content across all of the game's platforms.
Here's what you can look forward to (text from Bandai Namco):
Stor...

2018-05-24T01:59:00.000000000+00:00
Ever since its launch in 2001, the proto-MMORPG Runescape has been a cornerstone of a lot of formative gaming moments. Sadly, that all ends this August as the servers are finally going offline.
Runescape was developed by Jagex in the early 2000s and is likely familiar to people who read magazines...

2018-05-24T01:23:00.000000000+00:00
We Happy Few, the fascist nightmare about oppressive drugs and the oppressors who distribute them, has been refused classification in Australia, leaving the developers baffled about what to do next.
The game appeared on Australia's ratings board's website yesterday, stating that the title was ref...

2018-05-23T23:52:00.000000000+00:00
John Kodera, the new chief of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has been speaking his mind about the future of the PlayStation brand and has mentioned what he thinks of Sony and portable gaming.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Kodera broke with his predecessor Andrew House on the subject of portable gaming ...

2018-05-23T22:39:00.000000000+00:00
Konami has somewhat of a spotty history with HD remasters, so ZOE fans unsure about the newest update have a demo to take for a spin.
The Zone Of The Enders: The 2nd Runner – M∀RS demo takes advantage of all permutations of your PlayStation 4 hardware. On the PS4 Pro, you can play the demo at 4K....

2018-05-24T17:03:53.577000000+00:00
Hardcore Gamer: Utomik just recently launched out of beta and is showing no signs of slowing down. For the month of June theyre adding over twenty titles to their already massive digital catalog.

2018-05-24T16:52:53.439000000+00:00
Q&amp;A: Blizzard answers our burning questions about the PS4, Xbox One, and PC multiplayer shooter. Having recently crossed an astonishing 40 million players, Blizzard's hero shooter Overwatch has been one of the most successful multiplayer shooters in recent years. Part of what makes the game s...

2018-05-24T16:52:53.433000000+00:00
Quantic Dream has come under fire for alleged behaviors at the studio and use of stereotypes and sensitive subjects in its games. Does Detroit: Become Human start to make an attempt to do better and tell a story that offers actual choices and more tactful approaches to tough topics?

2018-05-24T16:41:57.010000000+00:00
Remember that game announced in 2011 at the Spike Video Game Awards? Yeah, that one that former Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinskiwho recently announced his post-Epic games studio was shutting downwas on stage at the same awards show to talk about? Yeah, its now one of the most popular g...

2018-05-24T16:30:58.725000000+00:00
DICE commented on the community's tepid response to the Battlefield V customization options seen in the trailer, saying that they'll always put fun over authentic and while they treat history with great respect, they wanted to empower player choice, diversity and inclusion in Battlefield V.

2018-05-24T16:30:58.721000000+00:00
As the new junior deputy of fictional Hope County, Montana, players will find that their arrival accelerates a years-long silent coup by a fanatical doomsday cult, the Project at Eden's Gate, igniting a violent takeover of the county.

2018-05-24T12:31:07.000000000+00:00
Detroit wants to move you. It wants to elicit an emotional response through its story. It doesn't, though. The flowchart is a nice inclusion, but when the narrative is as cringey and ham-fisted as it is you won't want to play it multiple times.

Sources

PCWorld

2018-05-24T08:34:00.000000000-07:00
Pornhub, one of the most-trafficked adult video sites on the Internet, is launching a virtual private network (VPN) with free, unlimited bandwidth to help keep prying eyes away from your browsing activity. Seriously. It’s called VPNhub and apps are already available for iOS and Android, with Wind...

2018-05-24T07:20:00.000000000-07:00
The Acer Predator Helios 300 Special Edition didn’t need to impress us. We already liked the Predator Helios 300 we reviewed in March—that was the entry-level version, which offered serious bang for buck.We got our hands on the Special Edition at Acer’s next@acer event in New York CIty on Wednesd...

2018-05-24T07:17:00.000000000-07:00
High-end phones are a major investment, and a good case helps you protect that investment. If you’re looking to guard your phone from the wear and tear of daily abuse, you’re in luck—a ton of Caseology cases are on sale for up to 30% off on Amazon today.To read this article in full, please click ...

2018-05-24T06:37:00.000000000-07:00
The Full Nerd is a video talk show where technology enthusiasts come together to explore, celebrate, and generally geek out on cool PC hardware technology, from CPUs to GPUs to extreme laptops and desktops—and all the tech in between. We’re shooting the 53rd episode today! We’ve got a lot on tap:...

2018-05-24T06:29:00.000000000-07:00
Anyone who spends even a few hours a week PC gaming needs a comfortable chair. While console gamers usually sprawl out on a couch, we the gamers of the PC are often stuck with office chairs unless we’re willing to shell out hundreds of dollars. Today, Amazon’s got a deal that will let you game li...

2018-05-24T06:17:00.000000000-07:00
Instead of alternative online programming, and in order to save money, an increasing number of people are cutting their conventional cable TV cable. An on-demand service, you get as many as 300,000+ TV episodes (250,000 free) and 200,000 movies (10,000 free), plus unlimited video on demand from ...

2018-05-24T04:30:00.000000000-07:00
More than a year in the making, Asus has finally detailed when its long awaited G-Sync HDR 4K gaming monitor will ship—and for how much.On Wednesday, Asus said the ROG Swift PG27UQ will finally begin shipping in June with a list price of a smooth $2,000, the same as Acer’s rival Predator X27 G-Sy...

2018-05-24T04:16:00.000000000-07:00
If your laptop’s performance has you down, don’t simply accept it as a way of life. It’s quite possible that by upgrading your laptop's RAM you can give your portable PC a boost. (For another great upgrade, see our article on how to add an SSD to your laptop.)Does your particular laptop support a...